"Jos Koot" <jos.koot at telefonica.net> writes:
> As adjective the Castilian (Spanish) word 'rico' also means rich,
> handsome, fruitful (of soil), precious, delicious/nutritious (of
> food). As substantive it also means darling or the substantive related
> to the adjective such as rich person, etc.
Yes, of course! For some reason, i didn't think of the 'rich' meaning,
which is as common, if not more, as the yummy one.
> That's what my dictionary says and more importantly the senses in
> which I hear the word being used in Catalunya (when Catalan people
> take the trouble to speak Castiliano) The word also belongs to the
> Catalan language, I guess, but I know little of the Catalan language.
(I think it doesn't. In Catalan it'd be ric)
> Well, yourself being Spanish, you probably can add even more senses.
Only when used in rude slang :)
jao